Liquid Crystals in Biotribology Synovial Joint Treatment /

• Main Authors: Ermakov, Sergey (Author), Beletskii, Alexandr (Author), Eismont, Oleg (Author), Nikolaev, Vladimir (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering,
• Subjects: Physics.; Orthopedics.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Biomedical engineering.; Tribology.; Corrosion and anti-corrosives.; Coatings.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings.; Biomedical Engineering.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Conservative Orthopedics.

This book summarizes the theoretical and experimental studies confirming the concept of the liquid-crystalline nature of boundary lubrication in synovial joints. It is shown that cholesteric liquid crystals in the synovial liquid play a significant role in the mechanism of intra-articular friction r...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Biomechanics of Joint Synovia
• Brief Review of Liquid Crystals
• Modern Concepts of Friction and Lubrication of Solids
• Modern Concepts of Friction, Wear and Lubrication of Joints
• Effect of Liquid Crystals on Biological Mechanisms of Reducing Joint Friction
• Liquid Crystals as Effective Preparations for Treatment of Joint and Similar Pathologies
• Conclusions.